SDCF Podcast Series

Leah C. Gardiner discusses the role of poetry in dramaturgy, freelance directing and Motherhood, and the importance of leaping into uncertainty as we make great Art!

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the second series of  SDCF Podcast Series :  Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith –  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. This week on SDCF Podcast Series, M. Graham Smith sits down with director/playwright, Blanka Zizka, Artistic Director of The...

We are delighted to be launching the very first SDCF Podcast Series focused entirely on choreography: In Motion, with Wendy Seyb . Our very first guest on In Motion is the Broadway-bound choreographer, Chase Brock , Artistic Director of The Chase Brock Experience . In this week's episode Chase shares his thoughts on the 'Millennial Remix Moment' in which multi-hyphenates are thriving; the mentors...

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the second series of SDCF Podcast Series :  Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith –  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. This week on SDCF Podcast Series, M. Graham Smith sits down with director and playwright, Chay Yew, Artistic Director of Vict...

Theatre often struggles to include and embrace diverse voices and artists, and this is certainly true of artists with disabilities. However, directors and casting directors are uniquely positioned to change producing practices and the perceptions of audiences well before the lights go up, and indeed, even before the first rehearsal – and it starts with the casting breakdown. Join SDCF Foundation D...

This week on SDCF Podcast Series we are revisiting a conversation with James Lapine and Lonny Price , moderated by  Stage Directors and Choreographers Society  Executive Director, Laura Penn. Technology has made the ability to capture and distribute live performances via high-quality video a reality the theatre field is embracing with increasing regularity. New players are entering the field every...

Large nonprofit theatres across the U.S. are experiencing a sea change of transition in their artistic leadership posts. Today, only about 25% of those posts are held by women, and fewer still by people of color. What are the root causes from a practicing artist standpoint? How will the theatre industry move beyond just planning for diversity, equity, and inclusion, towards implementation of these...

Over 60 years ago, theatre directors joined forces with community leaders around the country and created what is today a vibrant ecosystem of literally thousands of nonprofit theatres. These theatres have become inextricably bound to the character of a region, a city, a town. Large and small, these companies produce theatre at the highest level while serving as anchors for economic development and...

"Risk is here, so you've gotta move through it." – Nataki Garrett, 2018. Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the twelfth episode of our podcast series –  SDCF Podcast Series :  Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith –  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. Today M Graham Smith is with...

"People are going to say no to you more than they say yes, and that's hard. It takes strength." - Torange Yeghiazarian. Today on our SDCF Podcast Series - Regional Originals podcast, M Graham Smith is with Torange Yeghiazarian, Artistic Director of Golden Thread Productions . They discuss empowering playwrights to tell the stories that they want to tell, how working at Golden Thread can be a uniqu...

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the tenth episode of our podcast series –  SDCF Podcast Series :  Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith –  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. Today Graham is with Tony Taccone, the man who commissioned Angels in America  and whose work at The Eu...

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the ninth episode of our podcast series –  SDCF Podcast Series :  Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith –  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. Today Graham is with Robert O'Hara. They talk about Robert's rehearsal room being a brain trust, but wh...

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the seventh episode of our podcast series –  SDCF Podcast Series :  Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith –  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. Today Graham is with Raymond Bobgan, the Executive Artistic Director of the Cleveland Public Theatre...

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the seventh episode of our podcast series –  SDCF Podcast Series :  Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith –  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. Today Graham is with Wendy C. Goldberg, the Artistic Director of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center ....

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the sixth episode of our podcast series –  SDCF Podcast Series :  Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith –  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. Today Graham is with Seth Rozin from InterAct Theatre.  They talk about new play development and Seth's...

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the fifth episode of our podcast series –  SDCF Podcast Series :  Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith –  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. This week Graham is with Kwame Kwei-Armah, who is about to make his move from Artistic Director of Balt...

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the fourth episode of our podcast series –  SDCF Podcast Series :  Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith -  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. This week Graham is with Mina Morita, Artistic Director of Crowded Fire Theatre Company . Mina is an a...

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the third episode of our podcast series –  SDCF Podcast Series   Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith:  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. This week Graham is with Dawn Monique Williams. They dig into Dawn's path to where she is today, her de-c...

Hosted by  M. Graham Smith , we are delighted to bring you the first episode of our new podcast series –  SDCF Podcast Series   Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith:  a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. This week Graham is with Bill Rauch.

Regional Originals: a series of interviews, hosted by M. Graham Smith, with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. This week Carey Perloff welcomes us into her view of America's regional theaters.

Regional Originals: a series of interviews, hosted by M. Graham Smith, with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today.

Join Stage Directors & Choreographers Foundation's Director David Roberts as he sits down with director Rachel Chavkin and artistic producer Jacob Padrón to discuss the the current climate of theatre organizations, funders, and freedom of expression. SDC Foundation's  One-on-One Conversation   series illuminates the creative processes, secret mottos, and personal and professional experiences that...